New Ulm weekly review., 1887-12-07


afternoon Those who wish TO take
lessons are invited to call at her home
ION German st. .
Mr.. Freeman Talbot, Of Cleveland
MINI, entertained fair audience at
Turner Hail Sunday evening. He
reads well and his selections pleased
all.
The two year old son of H. Bode jr.,
Of Courtland, died Monday with diph-5
liberia. We understand that child of
Mr.. Dahn, living in the western part
Of this town also died with diphtheria
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Mullen entertained
their friends by giving progressive
euchre parties Friday and Saturday
evenings. Friday evening the married
people had their say and Saturday the
young folks assisted the hosts in having
a good time.
Chas. r. Gardeners '.Only A Farm
er's Daughter company played to a
fair audience at Turner Hall Monday
evening. Their reputation is so well
established that it is needless to say
anything further in praise Of them than
that everybody present was glad that
they witnessed the play.
It is only sixteen days until Christmas
and many a man and women have been
bothering their heads about what to
present to their friends. To these we
would say, call at Chas. L. Roos' store
and look over his extensive line of toys
fancy goods and notions. You will
surely find something then to please
you.
The Union House team indulged in
oae of its periodic runaways last week
Tuesday. The driver reelected to hitch
the team while carrying the mail
pouches into the post Office and the
horses took advantage, of this. There
were several occupants in the bus at the
time and fearing danger, they jumped
from the bus, All escaped unhurt save
Father Sorenson. who sprained his left
leg quite severely.
There are certain families to whose
| homesdiphtheria comes an annual visi-
tor. It is possible thatin such cases there
is local cause whose nature cannot be
ascertained, and in this case there is
evidently no remedy. It is far more
probable, however, that the return of
the disease is owing to a neglect of de-
stroying the germs that accumulate in
the sick-room and in the bedding and
clothing of the sick. The only destroy.
er of diphtheritic germs which is abso-
lutely safe, is fire. If the clothing and
bedding of an infectious patient are not
burned, they ought by all means to be
disinfected by some method which, if it
does not insure the destruction of infec-
tious germs, diminishes the probability
of their sur rival to minimum. Wash
able clothing may be disinfected by
boiling for a number of hours in water
in a closed vessel. 1t is we'll to dis
solve in the water some chloride Of zinc
Ga half-ounce to every gallon of water).
After boiling, the clothing should be
thoroughly washed and then allowed to
dry in the open air. Bedding and cloth
ing that cannot be treated in this man
ner, should be baked, j. e. exposed in a
closed space to temperature of at least
240 degrees F. for several hours. In
many English cities, and in few in
this country, furnaces have been built
| for thus baking infected articles. The
city of New Ulm could build furnace
Of sufficient size for this purpose at an
expense Of less than two hundred dol
lars. Furniture and other articles that
cannot be boiled or baked, may be
washed with solution Of carbolic acid
] G per cent? or corrosive sublimate
| q part in 1,0O0); but this method is far
from insuring the destruction Of all
germs. There is q popular superstition
that sick-room may be thoroughly
disinfected by Immigration with sulphur
to an extent sufficient to drive every
man, woman, child, cat and dog from
the house But q thing may be rough
1 on cats and even rats, and yet fail to
| disturb organized bodies Of microscopic
size. Instead of burning few hand
4 fuls of sulphur in a room, it would be
| far better to vacate the room for some
time, keeping its windows permanently
open SO that the infected air may be
diluted as much as possible by the fresh
air from uithout If cI1lnhrr Fl, ,,,,;,ro